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08-13-2013, 09:03 AM | #1 | |
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BTW, Looks like you have been taking remedial courses at sensitivity school. (signature) I stopped by the body shop on my way out of town yesterday and I was told the paint booth is mine tomorrow. Fingers crossed. Working all day here in NE, then a 5 hour drive home tonite, so I won't know for sure til tomorrow morning, but it looks good. I will have both brothers there for support and advice all day too, which helps ease my mind. Worst case is I will have to do some sanding and respray. It's not like I'm going to break anything. I better put in for a day off before I forget.
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08-13-2013, 09:58 AM | #2 |
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Yeah, i guess i have to change the siggy, after finding out ive had 4 strokes, kinda made me think i need an attitude adjustment. The whole situation of health, just made me rethink things....im not as tough as i once was
Progress and build time are differant topics, seems to me your always doing something. Good luck in the booth, hope it all works out for you
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08-10-2013, 09:51 AM | #3 |
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As for a Jimmy update, I did more taping.
That is all. Go about your business.
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08-10-2013, 05:06 PM | #4 |
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Thanks for the pictures. I was out test fitting it about the time you posted them. I now see a few things that I wasnt figuring out when test fitting.
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Catch any fish?
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08-12-2013, 09:51 AM | #6 | |
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Yes I did. I got 3 crappies, a large perch and a bullhead. Didn't keep the bullhead. Ick. It was a nice calm day out on the water. I have almost all the taping done that I can do before I get in the booth. Except for an adjustment to make on the driver door edges anyway. I wiped it all down with wax/grease remover this morning and have some paint prep stuff to use before I spray it that is a milder solvent and flashes off better. I'm heading to Fremont, NE tonight and home late tomorrow. Will figure out when I can get in the booth after that.
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08-13-2013, 11:16 AM | #7 |
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WooooooHoooooooo! Time to load up and rock and roll, Boys! Good luck, and send us some in progress shots!
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08-13-2013, 12:16 PM | #8 |
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Go Mike! I hope it all goes well.
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08-14-2013, 09:21 AM | #9 |
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Sorry fellas. Not today. Maybe tomorrow. Probably tomorrow. They got a business to run and yesterday afternoon a customer wanted something done today that they need the booth for. Paying customers take priority.
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YEEEEE-HAWWWW! Git it, son! And then, of course, show us the pics!
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08-15-2013, 02:23 PM | #11 |
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Sweet
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sweet!!!
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08-15-2013, 05:22 PM | #13 |
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Niiiice!
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Looks too sparkly.
I mean, it looks sweet!
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Awesome Mike!!!
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08-15-2013, 09:57 PM | #16 |
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I'm typing this as 20 pics are uploading to photobucket to be attached here when complete. Been a long day, made even longer by spousal issues, 4 hours of sleep, then learning as I was finishing up the taping this morning that my best friend in high school died. We haven't been close since then, but we got in touch this winter, met for lunch one day and talked for a couple hours. He has had more than his fair share of struggles during his adulthood, but what ultimately claimed him was probably cancer. I haven't heard the cause of death yet, but he has been in treatment for that for quite awhile. He was 46.
May you rest in peace John. I wasn't gonna do something corny like dedicate my paint job to him, but he has been on my mind all day. And when I see my son with his friends, John is who I thought about. As for the paint job, it went well, but not without some adversity. Marv at the shop was absolutely a huge help. Lowell took the time to look at my progress and gave advice throughout the day also. A few years ago they had no idea who I was. I rode up on my bike and introduced myself, told them what I was working on and asked for help. They obliged and since then we have become pretty good friends. It didn't take me long to finish taping it up. Just needed to do the things that had to wait until after the drive over. I wiped it down with some paint prep solvent as a final degreaser. Tacked it, and sprayed the sealer. No real issues there. Then it was time for paint. I was past the point where my nerves were gonna bother me, so I just mixed it and started spraying. The first coat was uneven and striped a bit, which made me a little apprehensive, but I knew I had a long way to go. After 3 coats I had fairly good coverage but I had some stripes down the sides in certain light. So Lowell said to change direction of the next couple coats, which gave me some tiger stripes. Great. Five coats and I'm struggling to get it evened out. It's a yellow, it's transparent, it's got a ton of flake and I have no almost experience painting. I still had plenty of paint though. So Marv showed me how to do a mist coat, which basically means you paint like a monkey on cocaine. First mist coat made a pretty decent improvement. Second one took care of most of the rest, third mist coat was for good measure. So at least 8 coats of paint, might be 9, (I kinda lost count in the first grouping) and that left me at this point... It looked good in the booth. So it was finally time to spray some clear. Biggest problem with clear is that you are spraying a lot of material for a good wet coat, which usually means runs. I sprayed real heavy on the hood cuz its flat, and not likely to run, and it was rough from all the misting coats. First coat of clear went fine. Actually all 4 of them went alright. I found one run on a fender as I was spraying the 3rd coat, and I might find more tomorrow when I pull off the tape and get it out in the sun. I have a lot of orange peel, which both Lowell and Marv said was no surprise given how many coats I had to spray and the type of paint used, etc, etc. Sanding and polishing it would smooth it out, but both of them said it would be acceptable as is. Pics after clear... I won't judge it until its outside in the sun. It looks good in the booth though. I knew I did a good job when I asked Marv if he would let it go to a paying customer and it was his work and he said "oh yeah, no problem there." He even came back after work to check on me and see the final results. I was there til 6:30, he gets off at 5 and lives about 10 miles out of town. Everyone loves the color. They say its perfect for this style of truck and that it will definitely turn heads. On the downside, I may have to respray the windshield frame if the color doesn't match up. Not a big deal, but will see it in the morning. Enjoy the show everyone. Thank you all for your support, encouragement, teasing, razzing, tips, tricks, chains and whips. More pics tomorrow out in the bright sunshine. Have your sunglasses ready.
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Awesome Awesome AWESOME!
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Don't you love it when you're all geared up to face the demon and walk into the fire.... And at that exact moment everything else in your life goes berserk? REALLY? Interestingly, you wind up walking in the door, flipping the demon the bird, and taking care of business. Sorry about your friend, at least his suffering has ended. Truck looks terrific! The biggest challenge is getting it on, you got all the time in the world to cut and buff. Congratulations, it's a big deal and definitely a life box to check off.
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Ps- Like a monkey on cocaine- That's just about right! Lol!
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Hot Damn, that's nice! Now ya gotta polish the slots! Are you happy with it in the light?
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Another neighbor of mine is a retired body guy, probably has 40+ years experience. He looked it over and told me it looked great.
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The truck looks spectacular! The paint job is very well done,you could paint mine anytime.Great choice of colour.
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Blazer Looks amazing love the color.
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Thanks. I can hardly believe I did it. Finally got out there to look it over in the bright sunshine. Freaking awesome is all I can say. No big mistakes I didn't already know about. I've had lots of people stop by to look. One guy pulled up just after I got it home this morning and said he's been watching my progress for years when he would grade the alley and worked for the city. He just wanted to stop and tell me how great it looked. I tried to take some good pics to see if I could capture how much it glows in the sun. Sun sparkle... And parked next to my C-10 (guess I have a thing for different colors)...
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